Today we hear from Koray, who couchsurfed after being kicked out of home after family breakdown. Koray highlights the wide range of experiences that can occur when couchsurfing, from being 'always on your toes' to 'feeling like you have a family.' This post aims to bring to light the first person experience of couchsurfing and how it is impacted by other factors. 

Here is the story of a mother who housed one of her daughter’s friends for three months. It is one of the lucky stories and depicts how a couch surfing experience can help young people build the foundations they need to succeed. The family set out clear boundaries before the young man began living with them but they also welcomed him into their home.  

This blog series aims to break down some of the discussion around couch surfing and present different perspectives of what couch surfing is, why it's important to address and what areas services should be looking at to improve the situation.

Our second post is by Laurie Matthews, CEO of Caretakers Cottage and long-time advocate for young people living out of home. 

In the Media, 10 May 2012- Boarding houses that are home to some of the state's most vulnerable residents will be subjected to stronger controls and penalty regimes under reforms to be announced today.

In the Media, 09 May 2012- Homelessness Australia (HA) the peak body for homelessness welcomes the delivery of the final instalments of the affordable housing and homelessness agreements and HA finds cuts to social spending are not as great as they could have been.